These Are Things Man Was Not Meant To Know
Basic Information
These Are Things Man Was Not Meant To Know is a horror trope. It denotes any kind of knowledge which only brings madness or other types of misfortune to humans.
Objects and Archetypes
- Alien Geometries
- Artifact of Doom
- Basilisk Image
- Eldritch Abomination
- Pandora's Box
- Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
- Tome Of Eldritch Lore
Effects and Consequences
- Brown Note
- Forbidden Fruit
- Go Mad From The Revelation
- Land of Nod
- Mind Rape
- Mind Screw
- Motif of Harmful Sensation
Sources
Bibliography
Game and Story Use
- Warn them as much as you like, there will almost always be one player character who lets his curiosity get the better of him. He can then be used as an object lesson to establish the mood.
- Note that Man is capitalised. This trope has nothing to do with the differences between various colours of paint, or the point of designer shoes.
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